Year: 2010

Apple releases LED Cinema Display Firmware Update 1.0

Apple has released LED Cinema Display Firmware Update 1.0 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1338) for Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”). You can obtain it via the Software Updates component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences.

This Firmware Update addresses intermittent audio issues some users have experienced while using the 27-inch LED Cinema Display. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder and will be launched automatically.

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Apple releases iTunes 10.1.1

Apple has released iTunes 10.1.1. You can obtain the update via the Software Updates Component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

iTunes 10.1.1 provides a number of important bug fixes, including:

° An issue where some music videos may not play on Macs equipped with NVIDIA GeForce 9400 or 9600 graphics;

° An issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when deleting a playlist that has the iTunes Sidebar showing;

° A problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when connecting an iPod to a Mac equipped with a PowerPC processor;

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Poster is new photo/video uploading software for Mac OS X

Reinvented Software has introduced Poster 1.0 for Mac OS X (http://reinventedsoftware.com/poster/). It’s an US$19.95 app for uploading photos and videos to multiple sites and accounts.

Poster works with popular photo editing and management applications and can also perform some tricks of its own, such as rotating and resizing photos before uploading. With it you can post photos and videos to Flickr and photos to Facebook.

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Greg’s bite: Microsoft finally closes the Stuxnet hole

By Greg Mills

Windows Stuxnet News, gleaned from around the web indicates that 40 security holes in Windows and Internet Explorer were finally patched today, including the last hole the Stuxnet worm used to infiltrate Iran’s nuclear program.  

The Stuxnet worm authors, if we ever find out who wrote it, should be awarded a Pulitzer Prize as work of written computer code that changed the world and actually delayed a nasty military attack on Iran, for a period of time.  

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